How to Bypass a Firewall or Internet Filter ( or China Great Firewall)

Easy step by step how to install and configure Shadowsocks in Ubuntu Server.

Install Shadowsocks:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools m2crypto
sudo pip install shadowsocks


Create Configuration:

nano /etc/shadowsocks.json


Config file:


{
"server":"0.0.0.0",
"server_port":8388,
"local_address":"127.0.0.1",
"local_port":1080,
"password":"123456",
"timeout":300,
"method":"aes-256-cfb",
"fast_open":false
}


Command to control shadowsocks:

sudo ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d start
sudo ssserver -d stop
sudo ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d restart


Autorun:
sudo vi /etc/rc.local
/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d start